KOM on German Autobahn
This 2nd Coverstory is a bit for the Trickster. Fun should be involved. But it will also try to trick you. Be aware of that. Don't rush to judgement.
A Highway. Lots of cars are on their way with a specific destiny. Some driving fast. Some driving slower. The trucks on the right lane. This is the German Autobahn. When it comes to the Germans and their Autobahn- a cocktail of special Emotions will rise and a new Adventure begins. You are on the left lane. 300PS. That is your car. Vollgas. Bremsen. All the time. That's your life. Are you driving the car ? The woman next to you starts talking:“Look in the rear view mirror. We are still in the tunnel. Objects may appear closer than they are. Most of them disappear faster than you would imagine. Sometimes they are just too close to you. 400 PS. There will always be someone who is faster. Now it can get heated, even very foolish. The left lane is clear, the accelerator is on the right, but the sky is not blue. Where would the Germans be without their Autobahn? This is a reflection of life, Buddy. We are caught in the flow of time. Sometimes you could go faster, but you don't want to, sometimes you want to go faster, but you can't. Zähfliessender Verkehr oder Stau? You have the illusion of full control behind your steering wheel. This Highway. This is your life. It is now a big paved road with several lanes. There are large noise barrier walls set up on the sides. You cannot see what is behind these walls. You will never see the sun on this highway because the sun here only rises for a short time before it sets again. You only see the vehicles in your rear view mirror and the vehicles ahead. The road, your cockpit and your car, that's you.“And she goes on: "And I say, buddy, don't you see? It is driving the car! You're the passenger. You're not driving the car! You see the highway, you see the other cars, you can ask not to accelerate or go faster. Man thinks, God steers. Man prays. God may be listening. And more than that, Buddy, you are the passenger and you are always looking backwards and forwards while you are driving. You always miss the moment. You can look out the side of the window. The only thing you see, Buddy, are these huge noise barriers. You can't see what's behind them. What if one stops. Just like that? On a German Autobahn? In the left lane? Can we call this guy crazy?"
"The guy must be crazy, mad, insane, nobody stops a car just like that in the left lane of a German Autobahn," he replies.
And then she says, "I want to show you something!" And she stops the car. Just like that! In the left lane on a German Autobahn. Full braking. She gets out of the car. She crosses all 3 lanes of the Autobahn - she doesn't care about the traffic. No honking. As if she wasn't there. Completely normal madness. The buddy, he seems to have bad eyesight. He's putting himself in danger. She calls out, "Come on Buddy, we'll miss it." He gets out on the driver's side and also crosses the motorway. Alarming honking. Doppler effect. He too crosses all three lanes. Visibly agitated, he repeats, "Come on, we'll miss it." She leads him up a small flight of steps over the noise barrier. There the two now stand overlooking the landscape. What follows is nothing but light appearing. A sunrise. It doesn't matter if it's the sun itself or reflectors catching the sun's rays. A beautiful scene. The woman asks, "What did I tell you?" The buddy is speechless, still marvelling at the wonder he sees with his natural eyes, the beauty in it, but also the thrill of crossing the highway. For he cannot perceive the spectacle of light in detail. He suffers from a visual impairment. He sees it with his natural eyes. That is the crucial thing.
A moment later, the woman states:“your eyes look different".
And he replies:"I guess it must be the light."
That is what our story is about.
And now for something completely different:
Exam question !!!
What's this Highway-Autobahn stuff all about ?
a) To promote an old EAV song called 300 PS ?
b) Is it an adapted scene taken from the movie Gattaca ?
c) Is it the Allegory of the German Autobahn ?
d) All answers are correct !
e) Statement: We don't care about accuracy and spelling mistakes, and like Yoda, we don't care about sentence structure. We just write everything spontaneously. She/it is not the trickster? We are going beyond the Trickster. Beyond the image. The intention is to see the illusion.
When in doubt, always choose answer d. And that is the correct answer.
The Buddy, he is a sinner too. He is not innocent!
That strange woman and the buddy who crossed all 3 lanes of a German Autobahn gets back to their car. A voice from the radio gives the warning :" "Auf der A92 vor der Ausfahrt Mainkofen, eine Person auf der Fahrbahn."
Gattaca-Solar plant scene - YouTube
Translations:
300PS – You drive a pretty fast car
Vollgas. Bremsen. - normal Autobahn madness
400PS – faster, fastest ?
zähfliessender Verkehr oder Stau – for what do you have a fast car then ?
“Auf der A92 vor der Ausfahrt Mainkofen, eine Person auf der Fahrbahn." -"For the madhouse please take the next exit Mainkofen"